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  Jane Adams  
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is a local author who has published 16 crime novels with Pan Macmillan, Allison & Busby, and Severn House.  Her17th novel will be out in September.  She is also a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at De Montfort University.

     
  George Ballentyne  
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A professionally trained editor, with 20 years experience of working with all sorts of texts from new and aspiring writers.
     
  Deborah Tyler-Bennett   
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Is a poet and fiction writer with over 300 stories and poems published in international magazines, journals and anthologies.  Her poetry collection Clark Gable in Mansfield was published in 2003.  Co-authored a web-package for the Victoria and Albert Museum.  Collaborative mixed-media exhibition at Harborough Museum 2007.  Regularly performs her work and has won many prizes.  Editor of The Coffee House.
http://www.poetrypf.co.uk/deborahtylerbennettpage.html
     
  Jean Binta Breeze   
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Known worldwide as a leading performance poet, Jean has toured in the Caribbean, USA, Europe, Asia and Africa.  She is also a radio playwright and has worked as director and scriptwriter for theatre, television and film.  Her first novel was published in 2007.
     
   Rod Duncan  
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has 3 contemporary crime novels set in Leicester published by Simon & Schuster, and a novella published by Five Leaves Press.  He is currently filming a documentary about book groups.   He has also written short prize-winning comedy for radio and screen.



     
   John Gallas   
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Seven volumes of poetry published by Carcanet.  John performs his work regularly.

www.johngallaspoetry.co.uk 

     
Pippa Goodhart  
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Over 50 books for children published ranging from picture books, through early readers to novels.  She has worked in bookselling and for a children’s publisher, and currently advises for a consultancy agency in addition to her writing.

www.pippagoodhart.co.uk

     
  Stephen Loveless   
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Winner of Daphne Du Maurier Literary Prize 2000 (then the largest short story prize in the world), and Central TV First Cut Award for film script writing.  His film Washing Strangers was broadcast on TV and shown at various film festivals in the UK and abroad.  Many published short stories, articles and cartoon strips

Winner of Netherlands Worldwide Audio Books Compertition 2008 .

     
  Rachel Lovell   
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Numerous short stories published commercially.

     
Sue Moorcroft   
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writes magazine stories and serials.  She has sold over 100 short stories in seven countries and is currently writing her third serial.  She has 2 published novels and is a committee member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association

 www.suemoorcroft.com

     
  Val Moore   
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Commissioned features, travel pieces and profiles widely published in newspapers and magazines from popular to quality press.

     
  Bead Roberts   
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Has written plays and radio stories and had over 100 short stories published in small press and commercial magazines.  She has won or been short-listed in several national and international short story competitions.

     
  Charlotte Thompson   
 

Has written plays for stage and radio and is currently working on a screenplay.  Previous work includes Stranger Faces and Oysters for Radio Four, a children’s play Sugar and Slugs (Leicester Haymarket Theatre) and Snow (Midlands Arts Centre).  She is working as writer in residence in a category B prison.

     
  Glen Tillyard   
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Leicester Mercury photographer and winner of numerous awards, including the Kodak Award and Midlands Press Photographer of the Year.

     
    Debbie White  
 

Started her writing career at Leicester Adult Education College.  She has published books for 6-10 year olds with Oxford University Press and Random House.  She is currently finishing the final draft of a teen historical novel for Walker Books.  In her spare time she is a primary school teacher.

     
  Willow Songsmith   
 

is a musician and performance poet who records and produces tracks and albums of poetry and songs and who publishes these online..

 

 
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